Playbus charity seeks funds to maintain its rare Lodekka

摘要

As Nigel Purssell's article in January Buses reminded us, the FL was by far the rarest of the four types of F-series Bristol Lodekka built. Out of 3,020, there were only 45 of this rear-entrance 30ft variant and it was the first to be dropped at the end of 1962.rnAs tables in Martin Curtis's Bristol Lodekka book published last year by Ian Allan explain, only five operators bought FLs - Red & White (20), Hants & Dorset (12), Eastern Counties (6), Lincolnshire Road Car (5) and Western SMT (2). Red & White L2060, Hants & Dorset 1482 and Eastern Counties LFL57, survive in preservation.